Cactaceae
Goat's horn cactus
Astrophytum capricorne
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Astrophytum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- صبار نجمي قرني, صبار نجمي ناصع
- arz
- صبار نجمى قرنى
- Chinese
- 多角仙人球, 瑞凤玉, 群凤玉
- Dutch
- Geitenhoorncactus
- English
- Goat's horn cactus
- Estonian
- Kardinali-tähtkaktus
- Finnish
- Sarvipiispanhattu
- Lithuanian
- Raginis žvaigždinas
- Persian
- کاکتوس شاخبزی
- Russian
- Астрофитум козерогий
- Spanish
- Beznaga de Estropajo, Birrete de Obispo, Mechudo, Peyotillo
- Swedish
- Bockhornskaktus
Synonyms
- Astrophytum capricorne f. majus (Pichon) A.F.Moeller
- Astrophytum capricorne f. minus (Runge & Quehl) A.F.Moeller
- Astrophytum capricorne subsp. sanjuanense Pavlícek
- Astrophytum capricorne subsp. senile (Frič) Doweld
- Astrophytum capricorne var. crassispinum (H.Moeller) Okum.
- Astrophytum capricorne var. major Frič
- Astrophytum capricorne var. minus (Runge & Quehl) Frič
- Astrophytum capricorne var. orientale Frič
- Astrophytum crassispinum (H.Moeller) W.Haage & Sadovsky
- Astrophytum crassispinum (H.Moeller) W.Haage & Sadovský
- Astrophytum niveum (K.Kayser) W.Haage & Sadovsky
- Astrophytum niveum (K.Kayser) W.Haage & Sadovský
- Astrophytum senile Frič
- Astrophytum senile Frič
- Astrophytum senile var. aureum (H.Moeller) Backeb.
- Echinocactus capricornis A.Dietr.
- Echinocactus capricornis f. minor (Runge & Quehl) Schelle
- Echinocactus capricornis var. crassispinus H.Moeller
- Echinocactus capricornis var. crassispinus Moell
- Echinocactus capricornis var. major Pichon
- Echinocactus capricornis var. minor Runge & Quehl
- Echinocactus capricornis var. niveus K.Kayser
- Echinocactus capricornis var. niveus Kayser
- Echinocactus capricornus var. aureus H.Moeller
- Echinocactus capricornus var. senilis Frič
- Maierocactus capricornis (A.Dietr.) E.C.Rost
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.